FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. CU Jeton (28mm, 5.98 g, 5h). Extraordinaire des guerres. The End of the Fronde. Dated 1654.

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FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. CU Jeton (28mm, 5.98 g, 5h). Extraordinaire des guerres. The End of the Fronde. Dated 1654. EXT ^RE D GVERRES ET CAVALLERYE LEGERE, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; LVD XIIII in exergue / ALCIDEM PROBAT, defeated hydra with heads severed; 1654 in exergue. Feuardent 646. Red-brown surfaces, adjustment marks. EF.

The Extraordinaire des guerres was a separate treasury managed from the War Ministry. This particular jeton commemorates the end of the Fronde, a series of civil wars between the young Louis XIV and the nobility.

Closing Date and Time: 6 April 2022 at 13:11:40 ET.

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